Pioneer
Veteran
Photography is all about the image, but for too many people it is all about the tool that was used to create the image.
Of course this attitude is definitely not new. It has been going on for a very long time.
The miracle of photography is very much alive and well around the world.
Of course this attitude is definitely not new. It has been going on for a very long time.
The miracle of photography is very much alive and well around the world.
raid
Dad Photographer
I got 2 days ago an iphone 8 plus. It has a 28mm lens as the standard lens, plus a 56mm lens ("portrait") for 12MP images. Just awesome.
james.liam
Well-known
Have had the iPhone X for 2 weeks; by far the best phone camera I've ever used; has optical stabilization of the long lens as well as the short.
As for Huawei, I have intentionally shied away from their items ever since serious security concerns arose about their devices back in 2012. IIRC, Google phones were/are made by them. I'll take a pass no matter who designed the optics. No disrespect to our blog friends from Red China. (Yes, I know the iPhone is made in the People's "Republic")
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...-national-security-cyber-surveillance-hacking
v0sh
Established
Here's a quick snap of one of my other pets. I have to admit I did not put much effort in neither the making of the shot, nor the PP. Most PP was done with the apps that came with the phone, only resize was done in PS.
kuuan
loves old lenses
this looks good! what's the name of your model?
IQ of my portrait, besides the catching effect of the shallow dof, isn't all that good: many artifacts, over contrasty, over saturation
here a test shot done during day and low ISO
first daytime / low ISO test shot with Huawei Nova 2i by andreas, on Flickr
in comparison, Voigtlaender Super Wide Heliar f4.5/15mm on Ricoh GXR M ( the handphone sample is out of "phone" without any PPing, the GXR photo I had taken on another day as RAW had been edited, if I remember right mostly upping lows and downing highlights )
Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
v0sh
Established
thanks. It's the P9.
raid
Dad Photographer
phone images may require some apps to improve the final results.
BillBingham2
Registered User
kuuan
loves old lenses
I upped the lows a bit
IMG_20171128_160842.lr by kuuan's lens tests, on Flickr
the "bokeh" function well could use an app for better control. look e.g at the half sharp / half blurred face ( left behind "main face" ) in the first sample,
and at the fan to the right on the second ( as it is at has negative effect on the state of my stomack
of course there may be controls that help that I have not yet found / investigated! )
IMG_20171125_192544 by kuuan's lens tests, on Flickr
IMG_20171125_192551by kuuan's lens tests, on Flickr
valdas
Veteran
the "bokeh" function well could use an app for better control. look e.g at the half sharp / half blurred face ( left behind "main face" ) in the first sample,
and at the fan to the right on the second ( as it is at has negative effect on the state of my stomack
yeah, that "selective focus" seems to be all over the place
kuuan
loves old lenses
yeah, that "selective focus" seems to be all over the place
Right! outcome often a bit weird, a bit towards the grotesque but also often with its own appeal.
A 35mm camera + lens combination hardly could create such narrow dof at this angle of view, it's 25mm equivalent and one can choose f0.95, the samples below are set at f1.4
the biggest boon of using a handphone that I had hoped for so far has been proving right, people react much more relaxed towards a handphone than towards a dedicated camera, even if I get much closer with it.
All three are cropped, quite obvious #1 and 2 with the handphone, #3 with M-Rokkor f2/40mm wide open on Sony A7
Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
Out of phone jpegs in "normal" mode with low ISO result in very (over) contrasty and saturated photos with impressive sharpness and dynamic range
Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
Untitled by andreas, on Flickr
May try to show later edited samples using RAW, otherwise I shouldn't bother you with too much with these here (unless anyone requests, e.g. a more controlled comparison at 24/25mm equiv.)
for anyone interested in the handphone pics please see the dedicated "flickr album": https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/albums/72157681339638803